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sheepshead as ever grabbed a hook. 
Of course, it was a hobby of his. He 
had promised to bring some home for 
a chowder made according to his own 
recipe. If you ever go for this fish in 
| Florida waters, I advise you to employ 
1 Mike’s methods. It was still-fishing 
again, on the bottom, with 18-21 line, 
sinker adjusted to the tide, and Vir¬ 
ginia hook. Unbeknown to us, the 
Cap’n had gone around the bend for 
oysters at the base of the mangroves, 
and diligent search had given him a 
limited supply of oyster crabs. He 
used these as bait, to the exclusion of 
the sheepheads’ other morsels, fiddler, 
sea crabs and various Crustacea. 
Mike claimed that he had caught 
them up to fifteen pounds a little 
nearer the cut, but the first one he 
caught was not over five and a quarter 
pounds, and others ranged down to a 
little less than three. They were all 
good to look upon and provided suffi¬ 
cient sport to keep the quaint negro 
in boisterous action. 
I continued to pull in whiting and 
rock fish, and Sonnyboy was quite con¬ 
tent with spots and black-fish, which 
were astoundingly plentiful here. But 
we did not land sheepshead. It was 
Mike’s morning. 
* 
A fish fry was served a few minutes 
after eleven and we were ready for it, 
since we had been up since daylight. 
Mike permitted “Little Cap’n” to do 
much of the job. He was shown how 
to clean the fish, scientifically—how 
to wash them, salt them and make 
them ready for the pan. He even 
dipped them in egg and cracker 
crumbs, and dropped them into the 
sizzling fat. I rather think they tasted 
many times better because he had 
served as assistant Chef. 
Following this, we rowed out to The 
Elsie, and, because of a stiff breeze, 
were soon headed for the distant shore 
and one of the numerous fresh-water 
streams, running into the river from 
miles of mangrove, swamp and lice- 
)ak jungle. On this occasion we left 
;he rowboat on the sand, near our 
mysterious camp, as it was our inten¬ 
don to return. Its tendency was to 
lold The Elsie back. 
“Where are we going now, Father?” 
Sonnyboy inquired, his curiosity 
iroused. 
“Jes’ keep yo’ eyes open an’ watch,” 
was Mike’s enigmatical answer. 
And then it was just our luck to 
lave him ask a question which worked 
n with the general plan. 
He had been sweeping the wide 
waters with hungry, wistful, admiring 
iyes. 
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